Commit to memory: “…Look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two. Nobody has to tell it what to do. All summer it stores up food; at harvest it stockpiles provisions. So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing….” (Proverbs 6:6-9 MSG).

Friends, if you solve the problems of kings, you will dine with kings. Ants prepare and know when to save, they prepare ahead and work on summers. Ants are diligent, goal oriented, patient, unified, disciplined, consistent and knowledgeable.

As soon as Jesus came out of the water he was driven and led to the wilderness to fast so as to be prepared for the glorious days ahead. He needed fasting to prepare him for a lasting ministry that is still making impact even today. He descended to go up so you must prepare to go down first to grow up.

I like us to answer these questions and be true to ourselves.  Are you prepared? Are you trying to better prepare yourself with knowledge and skills so that you can be a more effective Christian on your job? Are you acquiring more skills to make you more valuable and an asset to your organisation and as a tool of God in your career and profession? Are you getting your household in order financially? Are you growing in understanding ways of money management and financial principles? Are you careful to spend less than you make and give God the first fruits? Do you have a budget that guides you such that you don’t spend more than you earn? Do you have a savings plan for your future? Are you striving to be free from debt? Since you can’t take it with you, have you prepared your last will and testament to provide for your family, to provide for the Lord’s work to continue, to be an expression of your faith after you’re gone home to be with your Lord? These and many more questions we must answer is we aspire a life of the overflow and better days ahead.

Reflection: To prepare for a glorious future, start doing new things or old things in new ways.

Prayer Lines: Father, I receive grace to prepare for the future of my dreams and God’s will for my life.